Brian Williams is hosting 'Election Night Live,' Prime Video's first crack at live coverage of a breaking-news event. Watch the cold open.

Brian Williams hosted Amazon Prime’s election-night coverage from an old MGM soundstage tricked out with the latest tech -- and some truly weird graphics.

The former NBC anchor noted the streamer did not have a decision desk and would be reporting when other news outlets made calls.

Brian Williams didn’t come to Election Night to break news, but rather to put it all together. The NBC News veteran kicked off an interesting American experiment Tuesday evening by taking to Amazon’s Prime Video to host a live hours-long Election Night special on the streaming giant’s massive platform.

Amazon continues to strengthen its live TV coverage as Prime Video dives into the wild world of breaking political news with Election Night Live with Brian Williams. Hosted by the former NBC News anchor,

Amazon has invested billions of dollars to buy expensive sports media rights and build out extensive cloud computing infrastructure required to stream NFL games and other live sports action for Prime members around the globe. The Seattle tech giant is now expanding its live streaming ambitions by venturing into news.

Turn on Amazon’s Prime Video on Election Night, and you will see the streaming giant do something it has never done before: Live coverage of a breaking news event. Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who will host Election Night Live,

While Prime Video hosts a plethora of free live streaming news channels from major U.S. and international broadcasters, the Brian Williams special marks a major step forward in creating original news content for Prime Video. It will stream from 5 p.m. (ET) on Nov. 5 to 2 a.m. (ET) on Nov. 6.

Amazon is launching an election night special hosted by Brian Williams. BI interviewed the show's executive producer.

Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith will join longtime NBC and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams on Amazon’s live streaming coverage as the election returns come in.

Election Night Live With Brian Williams has some budget tech. pic.twitter.com/mLrsDX7Q9c “Election Night Live With Brian Williams has some budget tech,” one user wrote on X, in a jab at the household-sized TV powering state-by-state analysis.